Xia Hongsheng watched the slightly turbid liquid slowly fall into the jar below, and the emotions in his heart were very excited.

The familiar smell clearly told Xia Hongsheng what they were, and Xia Hongsheng couldn't wait, squatting there and watching the drops of gasoline fall down from the condenser's conduit and drip into the jar. Gasoline volatiles, so Xia Hongsheng connected the inlet of the canister to the condenser's conduit. The condenser conduit is directly inserted into the jar, which just seals the mouth of the jar, and when the drip is full, the conduit is directly pulled out, and then the interface of the jar is sealed. At the moment, it can only be like this, and Xia Hongsheng can't think of a better way.

Gasoline dripped into the jar drop by drop, and as the steam increased, the speed became faster and faster. A can was full, and immediately replaced it with another can, Xia Hongsheng hurriedly hugged the full can of gasoline, ready to go over and try the effect.

There were no internal combustion engines, let alone machines that ran on gasoline. And Xia Hongsheng won't make such a high-end thing, so the main use of gasoline can only be a fire attack weapon similar to Greek fire, and much more powerful than Greek fire.

"Try it! Give it a try! Li Tai looked at the crockpot Xia Hongsheng was holding, his eyes lit up, and he kept urging.

Xia Hongsheng looked left and right and said, "It's not suitable here, this thing burns up, and the power is much greater than that of Fang Cai." Go to your backyard, I remember there was not a clearing there? ”

"Oh, that's what I'm going to use as a pavilion." Li Ke nodded and said.

"Whatever you do, go!" Xia Hongsheng hugged the crockpot and went straight to the back.

The crowd followed them to the backyard. Walk to the middle of the clearing. It had just been cleaned up. There are no flammable materials such as weeds on the ground.

"Dig a pit and pour water!" Xia Hongsheng commanded.

Li Ke waved his hand at the subordinates, and the subordinates did so, and several people came, and soon dug a pit in the ground, and then carried a bucket to the pond a few times, and the pit that was about to be dug out of the ground was full.

Xia Hongsheng walked to the edge of the waterhole, held the crockpot in his arms and poured it into the water. Immediately a stain of oil broke on the surface of the water. With Xia Hongsheng's dumping, he quickly became dissatisfied with the entire water surface.

Looking left and right, Xia Hongsheng picked up a log next to him and threw it in.

"Alright, all stand back, stand back!" Xia Hongsheng beckoned to the guards around him, and after exiting the elder for a distance, Xia Hongsheng ordered one of the guards to light a rocket, and then shot it out with a bow.

The fiery arrow slashed through the air with a flash of light, and then crashed into the pool accurately.

"Suddenly!" In an instant, a fiery snake suddenly burst out of the pond, rising several feet high. In an instant, the log floating on the water was swept in, and there was no shadow.

The fire is raging. Even if Xia Hongsheng let everyone leave the waterhole, he still intuitively felt the heat wave of burning people's faces.

"Oh my God! It's really boiling in the water! Li Chengqian and the three of them were dumbfounded, and looked at the old high tongue of fire in a daze. The firelight reflected their faces red, and the three of them rolled their throats, swallowing their spit from time to time, their eyes flashing with frenzy, and even staring closely at the flames burning on the surface of the water with some greedy looks.

Feeling the scorching heat, Xia Hongsheng looked down at the crockpot he was still holding in his arms, then walked away a few steps, poured the gasoline inside into a circle on the ground, and then pulled out a line while reversing. The others followed Xia Hongsheng and stood behind Xia Hongsheng.

"Fire Fold." Xia Hongsheng stretched out his hand, and the guard next to him hurriedly handed over the fire fold.

Xia Hongsheng picked up the fire fold and came to the ground, and immediately saw a flame burning along the trajectory drawn by Xia Hongsheng, and a circle of flames ignited on the ground.

No one spoke, staring at the flames in a daze, and the sweat on their heads didn't know how to wipe them off. In the meantime, Xia Hongsheng asked people to pour water on the fire, and the reaction was even more intense than just now, as soon as the water was poured on, it immediately splashed back and forth like the spark that had fried the pot.

"It's, it's amazing!" Li Chengqian clenched his hands into fists and looked at the flames burning in the water excitedly: "Brother Sheng, it's amazing!" This thing looks like water, but it can be lit, it can be boiled in water, and it is not afraid of being extinguished by water...... Brother Sheng, this ...... What is this?! ”

"Gasoline." Xia Hongsheng looked at the flame and said with a smile: "It comes from oil, distilled and turned into steam, and only then can we get it, so let's call it gasoline!" ”

"Gasoline!" Li Chengqian's expression was so excited that his face was a little distorted with excitement, he stared at those flames tightly, and then suddenly grabbed his body, and looked hideous at the rest of the guards around him except for Xia Hongsheng and his two younger brothers, squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth, and said: "Your Majesty has a will, everyone here, what you see today, if anyone dares to reveal half a word, they will be punished for rebellion!" ”

Xia Hongsheng turned his head to look at Li Chengqian, from his point of view, Li Chengqian's still childish face revealed a feeling that he looked very similar to Li Shimin.

The surrounding guards all bowed down to receive the order, and for a while there was no one in the backyard, only the flames were whirring and burning.

It burned for a long time before the fires gradually stopped, but the excitement in everyone's hearts did not go out with the flames.

"Brother Sheng, no wonder you said that the country that worships something can exist for more than a thousand years by relying on this thing!" Li Ke said to Xia Hongsheng very excitedly: "Once this thing is put into the military formation, or in the enemy's military camp, it will immediately turn into a sea of fire after ignition, and it will not be extinguished for a long time, and it will burn even more after being poured with water!" ”

Xia Hongsheng nodded and said: "Yes, the Byzantine Empire was attacked by a very powerful enemy country again, and the other party dispatched more than 2,000 warships, and Byzantium only had dozens of ships at that time, but with that Greek fire, it was hard to let that enemy country return, and when I went back, there were only two damaged warships left." Greek fires used crude oil that had not been distilled and refined, and was not as powerful as gasoline. Not to mention in the future, if it is a naval battle, for a long time, we Datang can rely on this thing and be invincible. ”

"Naval battles?" Li Chengqian was stunned and said: "Now that Lingnan has been stabilized, there is no water war!" ”

Xia Hongsheng shook his head and said with a smile: "That's when you see it closely, not to mention how rich and vast the ocean is, let's just say that it's close, don't forget that there is also a Goguryeo!" I estimate that when the north and west are safe, Your Majesty should free up your hands to deal with Goguryeo, after all, the three expeditions to Goryeo in the previous dynasty have been fruitless, Your Majesty will give an explanation to the souls of the dead in Liaodong, and second, you will also show Your Majesty's achievements far beyond Emperor Yang of Sui. And don't underestimate the sea, it's an inexhaustible treasure trove! ”

"Brother Sheng, I've always been curious, how did you know these things?" Li Ke stared at Xia Hongsheng and asked curiously, and the other two also looked over, obviously curious about it for a long time.

"Study." Xia Hongsheng laughed: "Of course it comes through learning." The world does not know it, but because no one has taught these things to the world, and a lot of knowledge is already there, but it is not known. In the future, it will be different, I am coming, I will pass on this knowledge in this world, so that this knowledge can be known by more people. ”

"Oh? Brother Sheng, do you have any plans? Li Chengqian asked.

Xia Hongsheng nodded and said, "When I have saved enough money, I will go back to Jingyang to run a school, not an ordinary school, but a comprehensive university...... Forget it, it's useless to say it now. When the things were done, the old kiln head was left here to distill the rest of the oil, and I went back. Alas, you have to hide, it's all for those thieves! ”

went back and explained to the old kiln head and asked the old kiln head to stay to distill oil and extract gasoline, but the old kiln head said that the glass workshop also needed him to master the heat of each kiln. After some discussion, he said that Xia Hongsheng still had to hide at home to "pretend to be dead", and Li Shimin also had to pretend to be seriously injured in the palace, and it was not easy to come out, so he first asked the old kiln head to go back to the glass workshop.

Xia Hongsheng disguised himself again and went back to Fuzhong with the help of Li Feng.

"Master Hou, there seem to be fewer people watching the Hou Mansion outside." After returning to the study, Li Feng said to Xia Hongsheng.

"Really? I think it should be. I received information from No. 1 that the rebel party had decided to gather in Jingyang in a hurry to discuss the matter of cooperating with the Turks. It seems that he is convinced that the Turks will definitely send troops to attack the border. Xia Hongsheng thought for a while and said: "I have sent the portrait of the person who went to the Turks to lobby in the hands of the Turkic spies through the flying pigeon, and they will block her on her way, try to delay the process of her lobbying the Turks, and let the people here gather in Jingyang." Once the leaders of all places have gathered, His Majesty will probably close the net. ”

"I can finally see the leader, and this group of chaotic parties is too unstoppable." Li Feng smiled and said: "Hurry up and clean up this group of chaotic parties, and the old slave can put down this burden and rest for a good life." ”

Xia Hongsheng laughed: "Old man, you just say goodbye to old age, this body of work is wasted, why don't you come to me, I'll find you some apprentices, you are old while recuperating in the old age, while teaching apprentices, you can rest, and not boring, how good!" ”

"Haha, that old slave is really not true, and he should take it before taking the lead!" Li Feng laughed: "Master Hou, don't regret it. (To be continued.) )